I am totally convinced that AJ will incorporate all factory upgrades into his upgrade & offer those as free downloads for AJAMSONIC owners.

But AJ, I think it's time for you to confirm this yourself - a valid concern that future AJAMSONIC customers might have.

As for me: I fully intend to have two Hard Drives at all times:

1. Latest Ketron factory updates including all new OS, styles & sound upgrades.

2. Latest AJAMSONIC upgrade.

Nothing odd to the above - why else would we run virtual partitions on our PCs and have different window platforms installed on one PC?

AJ even supplies a connector for a 2nd Hard Drive. I hope that he can present a way for the Audya to decide from which one to boot. But even if not, the above is still worth the effort to me.

Yes, I agree, maybe a slight shlep, but then definitely worth the outcome at least for me. It will be like having two completely different arrangers, determined by the Hard Drive booted from only. And I'll always have a immediate backup available should I mess up the operating system again like I did with mine.

And lastly: Since my Audya, no other arranger impress me anymore. I'd rather spend my money turning my Audya into everything it could be than spending it on yet another arranger. So the price is not such a major factor for me to consider...Just imagine the amount of work AJAMSONIC must have put into this upgrade!

Keep well mate,

Henni